This is a set of perl scripts we've developed to keep track of the status of each of the packages the group maintains. (We should get a real name for them :))

Lately, they have been rewritten almost completely to clean up the code, ease improvements and make them usable by other groups. This page is meant to be a place to discuss its development and start documenting it.

Current components:

Things to-do:

Clasification issues

Classificating the different package status has proven to be confusing and hard to get right. So, I think we should first agree "on paper".

changelog

SVN released version

SVN unreleased version

watchfile

upstream version

archive most recent version

archive other version

category

notes

missing

Error

ok

missing

Error

none

1.1

ok

1.0

*

*

Needs upgrade / invalid?

could be work in anticipation

1.0

1.1

1.0

*

*

WiP / not shown / needs upgrade / invalid?

none

1.0

1.0

*

*

Needs upgrade / WiP?

none

1.0

1.1

*

*

Needs upgrade?

1.0

*

0.9

*

*

Invalid version

1.0

*

*

1.1

*

Invalid version

1.0

none

1.0

0.9

*

Needs upload

1.0

none

1.0

1.0

*

OK

1.0

none

1.1

*

*

Needs upgrade

1.0

none

1.1

0.9

*

Needs upload + upgrade?

1.0

1.1

1.1

0.9

*

Needs upload + upgrade?

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.0

*

Needs upgrade / WiP?

1.0

none

1.0

1.1

*

Invalid version

1.0

1.1

1.1

*

*

Needs upgrade / WiP?

and much more cases....